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प्रथमोऽनुवाकः

oṃ namo bhagavate rudrāya || namaste rudra manyava utota iṣave namaḥ | namaste astu dhanvane bāhubhyāmuta te namaḥ ||

yā ta iṣuḥ śivatamā śivaṃ babhūva te dhanuḥ | śivā śaravyā yā tava tayā no rudra mṛḍaya |

yā te rudra śivā tanūraghorā'pāpakāśinī | tayā nastanuvā śaṃtamayā giriśaṃtābhicākaśīhi ||

yāmiṣuṃ giriśaṃta haste bibharṣyastave | śivāṃ giritra tāṃ kuru mā higṃsīḥ puruṣaṃ jagat||

śivena vacasā tvā giriśācchā vadāmasi | yathā naḥ sarvamijjagadayakṣmagṃ sumanā asat ||

adhyavocadadhivaktā prathamo daivyo bhiṣak | ahīgśca sarvāṃjaṃbhayan-thsarvāśca yātudhānyaḥ ||

asau yastāmro aruṇa uta babhrussumaṃgalaḥ | ye cemāgṃ rudrā abhito dikṣu śritāḥ sahasraśo'vaiṣāgṃ heḍa īmahe ||

asau yo'vasarpati nīlagrīvo vilohitaḥ | utainaṃ gopā adṛśannadṛśannudahāryaḥ | utainaṃ-vim̐śvā bhūtāni sa dṛṣṭo mṛḍayāti naḥ ||

namo astu nīlagrīvāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe | atho ye asya sattvāno'haṃ tebhyo'karannamaḥ ||

pramuṃca dhanvanastvamubhayorārtni yorjyām | yāśca te hasta iṣavaḥ parā tā bhagavo vapa ||

avatatya dhanustvagṃ sahasrākṣa śateṣudhe | niśīrya śalyānāṃ mukhā śivo naḥ sumanā bhava ||

vijyaṃ dhanuḥ kapardino viśalyo bāṇavāgṃ uta | aneśannasyeṣava ābhurasya niṣaṃgathiḥ ||

yā te hetirmīḍhuṣṭama haste babhūva te dhanuḥ | tayā'smān, viśvatastvamayakṣmayā paribbhuja ||

namaste astvāyudhāyānātatāya dhṛṣṇave | ubhābhyāmuta te namo bāhubhyāṃ tava dhanvane ||

pari te dhanvano hetirasmān vṛṇaktu viśvataḥ | atho ya iṣudhistavāre asmannidhehi tam || 1 ||

śrī śaṃbhave namaḥ || namaste astu bhagavan-viśveśvarāya mahādevāya tryaṃbakāya tripurāṃtakāya trikāgnikālāya kālāgnirudrāya nīlakaṃṭhāya mṛtyuṃjayāya sarveśvarāya sadāśivāya [śaṃkarāya] śrīman-mahādevāya namaḥ |

द्वितीयोऽनुवाकः

namo hiraṇya bāhave senānye diśāṃ ca pataye namo

namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyaḥ paśūnāṃ pataye namo

namaḥ saspiṃjarāya tviṣīmate pathīnāṃ pataye namo

namo babhluśāya vivyādhine'nnānāṃ pataye namo

namo harikeśāyopavītine puṣṭānāṃ pataye namo

namo bhavasya hetyai jagatāṃ pataye namo

namo rudrāyātatāvine kṣetrāṇāṃ pataye namo

namassūtāyāhaṃtyāya vanānāṃ pataye namo

namo rohitāya sthapataye vṛkṣāṇāṃ pataye namo

namo maṃtriṇe vāṇijāya kakṣāṇāṃ pataye namo

namo bhuvaṃtaye vārivaskṛtā-yauṣadhīnāṃ pataye namo

nama uccairghoṣāyākraṃdayate pattīnāṃ pataye namo

namaḥ kṛtsnavītāya dhāvate sattvanāṃ pataye namaḥ || 2 ||

तृतीयोऽनुवाकः

namaḥ sahamānāya nivyādhina āvyādhinīnāṃ pataye namo

namaḥ kakubhāya niṣaṃgiṇe stenānāṃ pataye namo

namo niṣaṃgiṇa iṣudhimate taskarāṇāṃ pataye namo

namo vaṃcate parivaṃcate stāyūnāṃ pataye namo

namo nicerave paricarāyāraṇyānāṃ pataye namo

namaḥ sṛkāvibhyo jighāgṃsadbhyo muṣṇatāṃ pataye namo

namo'simadbhyo naktaṃcaradbhyaḥ prakṛṃtānāṃ pataye namo

nama uṣṇīṣiṇe giricarāya kuluṃcānāṃ pataye namo

nama iṣumadbhyo dhanvāvibhyaśca vo namo

nama ātan-vānebhyaḥ pratidadhānebhyaśca vo namo

nama āyacchadbhyo visṛjadbhyaśca vo namo

namo'syadbhyo vidhyadbhyaśca vo namo

nama āsīnebhyaḥ śayānebhyaśca vo namo

namaḥ svapadbhyo jāgradbhyaśca vo namo

namastiṣṭhadbhyo dhāvadbhyaśca vo namo

namaḥ sabhābhyaḥ sabhāpatibhyaśca vo namo

namo aśvebhyo'śvapatibhyaśca vo namaḥ || 3 ||

चतुर्थोऽनुवाकः

nama āvyādhinībhyo vividhyaṃtībhyaśca vo namo

nama ugaṇābhyastṛgṃ-hatībhyaśca vo namo

namo gṛtsebhyo gṛtsapatibhyaśca vo namo

namo vrātebhyo vrātapatibhyaśca vo namo

namo gaṇebhyo gaṇapatibhyaśca vo namo

namo virūpebhyo viśvarūpebhyaśca vo namo

namo mahadbhyaḥ, kṣullakebhyaśca vo namo

namo rathibhyo'rathebhyaśca vo namo

namo rathebhyo rathapatibhyaśca vo namo

namaḥ senābhyaḥ senānibhyaśca vo namo

namaḥ, kṣattṛbhyaḥ saṃgrahītṛbhyaśca vo namo

namastakṣabhyo rathakārebhyaśca vo namo

namaḥ kulālebhyaḥ karmārebhyaśca vo namo

namaḥ puṃjiṣṭebhyo niṣādebhyaśca vo namo

nama iṣukṛdbhyo dhanvakṛdbhyaśca vo namo

namo mṛgayubhyaḥ śvanibhyaśca vo namo

nama-śśvabhya-śśvapatibhyaśca vo namaḥ || 4 ||

पञ्चमोऽनुवाकः

namo bhavāya ca rudrāya ca

namaḥ śarvāya ca paśupataye ca

namo nīlagrīvāya ca śitikaṃṭhāya ca

namaḥ kapardine ca vyuptakeśāya ca

namaḥ sahasrākṣāya ca śatadhanvane ca

namo giriśāya ca śipiviṣṭāya ca

namo mīḍhuṣṭamāya ceṣumate ca

namo hrasvāya ca vāmanāya ca

namo bṛhate ca varṣīyase ca

namo vṛddhāya ca saṃvṛm̐dhvane ca

namo agriyāya ca prathamāya ca

nama āśave cājirāya ca

namaḥ śīghriyāya ca śībhyāya ca

nama ūrmyāya cāvasvanyāya ca

namaḥ srotasyāya ca dvīpyāya ca || 5 ||

षष्ठोऽनुवाकः

namo jyeṣṭhāya ca kaniṣṭhāya ca

namaḥ pūrvajāya cāparajāya ca

namo madhyamāya cāpagalbhāya ca

namo jaghanyāya ca budhniyāya ca

namaḥ sobhyāya ca pratisaryāya ca

namo yāmyāya ca kṣemyāya ca

nama urvaryāya ca khalyāya ca

namaḥ ślokyāya cā'vasānyāya ca

namo vanyāya ca kakṣyāya ca

namaḥ śravāya ca pratiśravāya ca

nama āśuṣeṇāya cāśurathāya ca

namaḥ śūrāya cāvabhiṃdate ca

namo varmiṇe ca varūthine ca

namo bilmine ca kavacine ca

namaḥ śrutāya ca śrutasenāya ca || 6 ||

सप्तमोऽनुवाकः

namo duṃdubhyāya cāhananyāya ca

namo dhṛṣṇave ca pramṛśāya ca

namo dūtāya ca prahitāya ca

namo niṣaṃgiṇe ceṣudhimate ca

namastīkṣṇeṣave cāyudhine ca

namaḥ svāyudhāya ca sudhanvane ca

namaḥ srutyāya ca pathyāya ca

namaḥ kāṭyāya ca nīpyāya ca

namaḥ sūdyāya ca sarasyāya ca

namo nādyāya ca vaiśaṃtāya ca

namaḥ kūpyāya cāvaṭyāya ca

namo varṣyāya cāvarṣyāya ca

namo meghyāya ca vidyutyāya ca

nama īdhriyāya cātapyāya ca

namo vātyāya ca reṣmiyāya ca

namo vāstavyāya ca vāstupāya ca || 7 ||

अष्टमोऽनुवाकः

namaḥ somāya ca rudrāya ca

namastāmrāya cāruṇāya ca

namaḥ śaṃgāya ca paśupataye ca

nama ugrāya ca bhīmāya ca

namo agrevadhāya ca dūrevadhāya ca

namo haṃtre ca hanīyase ca

namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyo

namastārāya

namaśśaṃbhave ca mayobhave ca

namaḥ śaṃkarāya ca mayaskarāya ca

namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca

namastīrthyāya ca kūlyāya ca

namaḥ pāryāya cāvāryāya ca

namaḥ prataraṇāya cottaraṇāya ca

nama ātāryāya cālādyāya ca

namaḥ śaṣpyāya ca phenyāya ca

namaḥ sikatyāya ca pravāhyāya ca || 8 ||

नवमोऽनुवाकः

nama iriṇyāya ca prapathyāya ca

namaḥ kigṃśilāya ca kṣayaṇāya ca

namaḥ kapardine ca pulastaye ca

namo goṣṭhyāya ca gṛhyāya ca

namastalpyāya ca gehyāya ca

namaḥ kāṭyāya ca gahvareṣṭhāya ca

namo hradayyāya ca niveṣpyāya ca

namaḥ pāgṃ savyāya ca rajasyāya ca

namaḥ śuṣkyāya ca harityāya ca

namo lopyāya colapyāya ca

nama ūrvyāya ca sūrmyāya ca

namaḥ parṇyāya ca parṇaśadyāya ca

namo'paguramāṇāya cābhighnate ca

nama ākhkhidate ca prakhkhidate ca

namo vaḥ kirikebhyo devānāgm hṛdayebhyo

namo vikṣīṇakebhyo namo vicinvatkebhyo

nama ānir hatebhyo nama āmīvatkebhyaḥ || 9 ||

दशमोऽनुवाकः

drāpe aṃdhasaspate daridrannīlalohita | eṣāṃ puruṣāṇāmeṣāṃ paśūnāṃ mā bhermā'ro mo eṣāṃ kiṃcanāmamat |

yā te rudra śivā tanūḥ śivā viśvāhabheṣajī | śivā rudrasya bheṣajī tayā no mṛḍa jīvase ||

imāgṃ rudrāya tavase kapardine kṣayadvīrāya prabharāmahe matim | yathā naśśamasaddvipade catuṣpade viśvaṃ puṣṭaṃ grāme asminnanāturam |

mṛḍā no rudrota no mayaskṛdhi kṣayadvīrāya namasā vidhema te | yacchaṃ ca yośca manurāyaje pitā tadaśyāma tava rudra praṇītau |

mā no mahāṃtamuta mā no arbhakaṃ mā na ukṣaṃtamuta mā na ukṣitam | mā no'vadhīḥ pitaraṃ mota mātaraṃ priyā mā nastanuvo rudra rīriṣaḥ |

mā nastoke tanaye mā na āyuṣi mā no goṣu mā no aśveṣu rīriṣaḥ | vīrānmā no rudra bhāmito'vadhīrhaviṣmaṃto namasā vidhema te |

ārātte goghna uta pūruṣaghne kṣayadvīrāya sumnamasme te astu | rakṣā ca no adhi ca deva brūhyadhā ca naḥ śarma yaccha dvibarhāḥ |

stuhi śrutaṃ gartasadaṃ-yum̐vānaṃ mṛganna bhīmamupahatnumugram | mṛḍā jaritre rudra stavāno anyaṃte asmannivapaṃtu senāḥ |

pariṇo rudrasya hetirvṛṇaktu pari tveṣasya durmati raghāyoḥ | ava sthirā maghavadbhya-stanuṣva mīḍhvastokāya tanayāya mṛḍaya |

mīḍhuṣṭama śivatama śivo naḥ sumanā bhava | parame vṛkṣa āyudhannidhāya kṛttiṃ-vam̐sāna ācara pinākaṃ bibhradāgahi |

vikirida vilohita namaste astu bhagavaḥ | yāste sahasragṃ hetayonyamasmannivapaṃtu tāḥ |

sahasrāṇi sahasradhā bāhuvostava hetayaḥ | tāsāmīśāno bhagavaḥ parācīnā mukhā kṛdhi || 10 ||

एकादशोऽनुवाकः

sahasrāṇi sahasraśo ye rudrā adhi bhūmyām | teṣāgṃ sahasrayojane'vadhanvāni tanmasi |

asminmahatyarṇave'ṃtarikṣe bhavā adhi | nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṃṭhāḥ śarvā adhaḥ, kṣamācarāḥ |

nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṃṭhā divagṃ rudrā upaśritāḥ | ye vṛkṣeṣu saspiṃjarā nīlagrīvā vilohitāḥ |

ye bhūtānāmadhipatayo viśikhāsaḥ kapardinaḥ | ye anneṣu vividhyaṃti pātreṣu pibato janān | ye pathāṃ pathirakṣaya ailabṛdā yavyudhaḥ | ye tīrthāni pracaraṃti sṛkāvaṃto niṣaṃgiṇaḥ | ya etāvaṃtaśca bhūyāgṃsaśca diśo rudrā vitasthire | teṣāgṃ sahasrayojane'vadhanvāni tanmasi |

namo rudrebhyo ye pṛthivyāṃ-yem̐'ṃtarikṣe ye divi yeṣāmannaṃ-vām̐to varṣamiṣavastebhyo daśa prācīrdaśa dakṣiṇā daśa pratīcī-rdaśo-dīcī-rdaśordhvāstebhyo namaste no mṛḍayaṃtu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaśca no dveṣṭi taṃ-vom̐ jaṃbhe dadhāmi || 11 ||

समापन-मन्त्राः

tryaṃbakaṃ-yam̐jāmahe sugaṃdhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam | urvārukamiva baṃdhanānmṛtyormukṣīya mā'mṛtāt |

yo rudro agnau yo apsu ya oṣadhīṣu yo rudro viśvā bhuvanā viveśa tasmai rudrāya namo astu |

tamu ṣṭuhi yaḥ sviṣussudhanvā yo viśvasya kṣayati bheṣajasya | yakṣvāmahe saumanasāya rudraṃ namobhirdevamasuraṃ duvasya |

ayaṃ me hasto bhagavānayaṃ me bhagavattaraḥ | ayaṃ me viśvabheṣajo'yagṃ śivābhimarśanaḥ |

ye te sahasramayutaṃ pāśā mṛtyo martyāya haṃtave | tān yajñasya māyayā sarvānava yajāmahe | mṛtyave svāhā mṛtyave svāhā |

oṃ namo bhagavate rudrāya viṣṇave mṛtyurme pāhi || prāṇānāṃ graṃthirasi rudro mā viśāṃtakaḥ | tenānnenāpyāyasva || namo rudrāya viṣṇave mṛtyurme pāhi ||

sadāśivom |

oṃ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ |

Introduction

The Namakam is the Rudra Prashna of the Krishna Yajurveda’s Taittiriya Samhita (fourth kanda, fifth prapathaka). It is called Namakam because the word namaḥ — salutation — runs through every clause. Its eighth anuvaka contains the line namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca, the Vedic source of the five-syllable mantra.

Anuvaka 1 is a plea to calm Rudra’s wrath — asking him to unstring his bow and lay his arrows aside.

Anuvakas 2 to 9 are long garlands of salutation that recognise Rudra in every form there is: trees and mountains, army commanders and merchants, thieves and robbers, carpenters and potters, down to dogs and the lords of dogs. This is what makes the hymn remarkable — Rudra belongs to no single class, but pervades all of them.

Anuvakas 10 and 11 return to metrical verse, praying for the safety of children, cattle, horses and the people of the village.

The recitation closes with the Mahamrityunjaya mantra, tryambakaṃ yajāmahe.

How to Recite

  • Recite the Laghunyasam first, and follow the Namakam with the Chamakam.
  • By tradition, eleven recitations of the Namakam with one Chamakam make an Ekadasha Rudra; eleven of those make a Laghu Rudra, and eleven of those a Maha Rudra.
  • In Rudrabhishekam, water, milk or panchamrita is poured over the Shiva linga through each anuvaka.
  • The pitch marks are given for Vedic recitation; correct accent is held to be essential here.
  • Mondays, Pradosha, Mahashivaratri and the month of Shravana are especially fruitful.

Sources 2

  • Sri Rudram (vignanam.org, Vaidika Vignanam) — sarala devanagari edition with simplified anusvaras, accents marked

    The Devanagari reproduced here follows this edition akshara-for-akshara, including its simplified anusvara spellings (पंच, संकाशं, कंठे) and its Vedic nasal-glide notation (रुद्रं-वैँ, शिखायां-वाँमदेवाः), which match the convention used elsewhere on this site. Thirteen readings were corrected against sanskritdocuments.org where this edition had dropped or swapped a consonant: वाघृदये → वाग्धृदये, मूर्द्नि → मूर्ध्नि, जठरेऽअग्नि → जठरेऽग्नि, प्रयच्चंतु → प्रयच्छंतु, अभिषिंचेच्चिवम् → अभिषिंचेच्छिवम्, मीडुष्टम → मीढुष्टम, विद्यद्भ्यश्च → विध्यद्भ्यश्च, आक्खिदते → आख्खिदते, प्रक्खिदते → प्रख्खिदते, सत्वानो → सत्त्वानो, जैष्ठ्यं → ज्यैष्ठ्यं, त्वष्ठा → त्वष्टा, श्यामाकाश्च → श्यामकाश्च.

  • rudraprashnaH kR^iShNayajurvedIya sasvaraH (sanskritdocuments.org) — doc_veda/rudra.html — laghunyAsaH and namakam, with accents

    Independent accented witness, used for a word-by-word verification pass. It writes the shuddha-devanagari conjuncts (सङ्काश, पञ्च) and uses ꣳ where this edition writes ग्ं — notational differences, not textual ones. Its laghunyasa omits the अथातो रुद्र स्नानार्चनाभिषेक विधिं prose passage and adds सर्वान् महाजनान् रक्षन्तु after माग्ं रक्षन्तु; both are edition differences in the preliminary matter, and this page follows the vignanam recension throughout.

Meanings are compiled and edited by the Ved Path team, and are being progressively reviewed for accuracy.

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